Kim Dae-myung’s Typical Vibe
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Kim Dae-myung has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by Pandora.
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When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.
Dir. Park Jung-woo · With Kim Nam-gil, Kim Joo-hyun, Kim Myung-min

Woo-jin, a furniture designer who wakes up in a different body every day, falls for Yi-soo, a woman he meets through his work.
Dir. Baik · With Han Hyo-joo, Kim Dae-myung, Do Ji-han

In a mysterious shop that sells lamps, the dead may return to the world of the living, while the living may not walk out alive.
Dir. Kang Full, Kim Hie-won · With Ju Ji-hoon, Park Bo-young, Um Tae-goo

Every day is extraordinary for five doctors and their patients inside a hospital, where birth, death and everything in between coexist.
Dir. Lee Woo-jung, Shin Won-ho · With Cho Jung-seok, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jung Kyung-ho
At the same time as murder suspect Yeo-hoon is brought unconscious to the emergency room following a shooting incident, an assailant breaks into the house of Tae-jun, the emergency room's doctor in charge, and kidnaps his wife. The kidnapper calls the doctor and tells him to bring Yeo-hoon to him. To retrieve his wife, Tae-jun has no option but to save the patient and sneak him away before the police can notice.
Dir. Chang · With Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Jin-uk, Yu Jun-sang

A newsman discovers he's been rigged with a bomb after he has an exclusive interview with a terrorist who blew up a bridge.
Dir. Kim Byung-woo · With Ha Jung-woo, Kim Dae-myung, Lee Kyung-young

A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.
Dir. Woo Min-ho · With Lee Byung-hun, Cho Seung-woo, Baek Yoon-sik

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.
Dir. Woo Min-ho · With Song Kang-ho, Cho Jung-seok, Bae Doona
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